Born on this day – John Carradine:

John Carradine

Actor

February 5, 1906 – November 27, 1988

Credits:

Jack-O (1995); Buried Alive (1989); Evil Spawn (1987); The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer (1986); Peggy Sue Got Married (1986); The Tomb (1986); Monster in the Closet (1986); Revenge (1986); The Twilight Zone (1986); Frankenstein's Brain (1985); Grave's End (1985); Evils of the Night (1985); Fame (1985); Charlie's Christmas Secret (1984); The Fall Guy (1984); Antony and Cleopatra (1984); Welcome to the Fun Zone (1984); The Ice Pirates (1984); Imps* (1983); The Vals (1983); A Rose for Emily (1983); Doctor Dracula (1983); House of the Long Shadows (1983); The Secret of NIMH (1982); Klynham Summer (1982); Demon Rage (1982); Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1982); Fantasy Island (1982); Frankenstein Island (1981); Goliath Awaits (1981); The Reluctant Dragon (1981); The Nesting (1981); CBS Library (1981); The Monster Club (1981); The Howling (1981); The Boogey Man (1980); Monstroid (1980); The Seekers (1979); The Littlest Hobo (1979); Americathon (1979); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Nocturna (1979); Teheran Incident (1979); Wonder Woman (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); The Bees (1978); Flying High (1978); Vega$ (1978); Vampire Hookers (1978); Sunset Cove (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1978); The Lady and the Lynchings (1977); Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977); Golden Rendezvous (1977); Shock Waves (1977); The Mouse and His Child (1977); McCloud (1977); The White Buffalo (1977); Satan's Cheerleaders (1977); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); The Sentinel (1977); Crash! (1976); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Killer Inside Me (1976); Captains and the Kings (1976); Death at Love House (1976); The Shootist (1976); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); McCoy (1976); Westwind (1975); The Rookies (1975); Far Out Space Nuts (1975); Mobile One (1975); Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975); Kung Fu (1972–1975); Stowaway to the Moon (1975); The Lady's Not for Burning (1974); Emergency! (1974); The House of Seven Corpses (1974); The Cowboys (1974); The Cat Creature (1973); Shadow House (1973); Superchick (1973); 1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel (1973); Terror in the Wax Museum (1973); Bad Charleston Charlie (1973); Love, American Style (1973); The Night Strangler (1973); Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972); The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1972); Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972); Richard (1972); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Boxcar Bertha (1972); Moonchild (1972); Threshold (1971); Honey Britches (1971); Ironside (1971); Night Gallery (1971); House of the Black Death (1971); Decisions! Decisions! (1971); The Seven Minutes (1971); The Gatling Gun (1971); Will to Die (1971); Crowhaven Farm (1970); Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970); Bigfoot (1970); The McMasters (1970); Shinbone Alley (1970); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Hell's Bloody Devils (1970); Blood of the Iron Maiden (1970); Cain's Cutthroats (1970); The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); Bonanza (1961–1969); Five Bloody Graves (1969); Madame Death (1969); Land of the Giants (1969); Enigma de muerte (1969); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); Las vampiras (1969); The Trouble with Girls (1969); Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969); The Big Valley (1969); Diabolical Pact (1969); Antologia del miedo (1968); Autopsia de un fantasma (1968); The Astro-Zombies (1968); They Ran for Their Lives (1968); Daniel Boone (1968); Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967); Hondo (1967); The Hostage (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); Lost in Space (1967); Gallery of Horror (1967); The Green Hornet (1967); The Emperor's New Clothes (1966); Red Zone Cuba (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); Munster, Go Home! (1966); Branded (1965–1966); Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966); Laredo (1966); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Munsters (1965–1966); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966); Something for Mrs. Gibbs (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); Curse of the Stone Hand (1965); The Wizard of Mars (1965); Genesis (1964); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); The Patsy (1964); The Lucy Show (1964); Lawman (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1962); Thriller (1961); Death Valley Days (1961); Maverick (1961); Wagon Train (1958–1960); Harrigan and Son (1960); The Twilight Zone (1960); The Rebel (1959–1960); Sex Kittens Go to College (1960); Tarzan the Magnificent (1960); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); Overland Trail (1960); Lock Up (1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Johnny Ringo (1959); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959); The Incredible Petrified World (1959); Gunsmoke (1955–1959); Invasion of the Animal People (1959); The Oregon Trail (1959); The Rifleman (1959); Man Without a Gun (1959); Invisible Invaders (1959); Tombstone Territory (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Bat Masterson (1959); The Cosmic Man (1959); The Rough Riders (1959); Rescue 8 (1959); Cimarron City (1959); Sugarfoot (1958); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); The Last Hurrah (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); The Proud Rebel (1958); The Restless Gun (1958); The Lineup (1958); Suspicion (1958); Showdown at Boot Hill (1958); Hell Ship Mutiny (1957); Telephone Time (1957); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Studio One (1957); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Story of Mankind (1957); Navy Log (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Unearthly (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Cheyenne (1957); The True Story of Jesse James (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Dark Venture (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); The Ten Commandments (1956); Sneak Preview (1956); The Black Sleep (1956); Studio 57 (1956); Damon Runyon Theater (1956); My Friend Flicka (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Hidden Guns (1956); Climax! (1955–1956); The Court Jester (1955); Desert Sands (1955); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955); Half Human (1958); The Kentuckian (1955); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); Female Jungle (1955); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1954); Tales of a Wayward Inn (1954); Thunder Pass (1954); The Egyptian (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1954); Casanova's Big Night (1954); My Friend Irma (1953); Suspense (1953); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); Gang Busters (1952); The Adventures of Fu Manchu: The Zayat Kiss (1952); Thunderbolt the Wondercolt (1952); Lights Out (1950–1952); The Web (1950–1951); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1951); Sure As Fate (1951); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1949); 'C'-Man (1949); Kraft Theatre (1949); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949); A Christmas Carol (1947); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); Down Missouri Way (1946); The Face of Marble (1946); House of Dracula (1945); Captain Kidd (1945); Fallen Angel (1945); It's in the Bag! (1945); House of Frankenstein (1944); Alaska (1944); Bluebeard (1944); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Return of the Ape Man (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); Waterfront (1944); The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944); The Black Parachute (1944); The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944); Voodoo Man (1944); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); Revenge of the Zombies (1943); Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943); Silver Spurs (1943); Hitler's Madman (1943); Captive Wild Woman (1943); I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943); Reunion in France (1942); Northwest Rangers (1942); Whispering Ghosts (1942); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); Swamp Water (1941); Man Hunt (1941); Blood and Sand (1941); Western Union (1941); Chad Hanna (1940); Brigham Young (1940); The Return of Frank James (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Five Came Back (1939); Captain Fury (1939); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939); The Three Musketeers (1939); Stagecoach (1939); Jesse James (1939); Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938); Submarine Patrol (1938); Gateway (1938); I'll Give a Million (1938); Kidnapped (1938); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); International Settlement (1938); Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937); The Last Gangster (1937); The Hurricane (1937); Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937); Danger - Love at Work (1937); Love Under Fire (1937); This Is My Affair (1937); Captains Courageous (1937); Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937); Laughing at Trouble (1936); Winterset (1936); Daniel Boone (1936); Dimples (1936); Ramona (1936); Mary of Scotland (1936); White Fang (1936); Half Angel (1936); Under Two Flags (1936); A Message to Garcia (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Anything Goes (1936); The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935); Bad Boy (1935); The Crusades (1935); She Gets Her Man (1935); Alias Mary Dow (1935); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cardinal Richelieu (1935); Les Misérables (1935); Transient Lady (1935); Clive of India (1935); Cleopatra (1934); The Black Cat (1934); The Meanest Gal in Town (1934); The Invisible Man (1933); To the Last Man (1933); This Day and Age (1933); Morning Glory (1933); The Story of Temple Drake (1933); The Sign of the Cross (1932); Forgotten Commandments (1932); Heaven on Earth (1931); Tol'able David (1930); Bright Lights (1930).

Born on this day – Helen Chandler:

Helen Chandler

Actress

February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965

Credits:

Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938); It's a Bet (1935); Radio Parade of 1935 (1934); Unfinished Symphony (1934); Midnight Alibi (1934); Long Lost Father (1934); The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933); Goodbye Again (1933); Dance Hall Hostess (1933); Alimony Madness (1933); Christopher Strong (1933); Behind Jury Doors (1932); Vanity Street (1932); A House Divided (1931); Fanny Foley Herself (1931); The Last Flight (1931); Salvation Nell (1931); Daybreak (1931); Dracula (1931); Mother's Cry (1930); Outward Bound (1930); Rough Romance (1930); The Sky Hawk (1929); Salute (1929); Mother's Boy (1929); The Joy Girl (1927); The Music Master (1927).

Born on this day – Roosevelt Sykes:

Roosevelt Sykes

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983

Credits:

Albums:

Barrelhouse Blues (2011); Blues (1961); Blues by Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes (1995); Blues Masters Vol. 23 - Roosevelt Sykes (2009); Blues Piano and Guitar (2019); Boot That Thing (1929-1941) (2008); Chicago Blues Festival (1970); Chicago Blues Festival '70 (Blues Reference) (2002); Chicago Boogie (2004); Dirty Double Mother (1973); Dirty Mother for You (2013); Double Barreled Boogie (2004); Eight Ball Blues (2007); Face to Face with the Blues (1961); Feel Like Blowing My Horn (1973); Fine And Brown (2008); Gold Mine (1992); Grind It! (1996); Happy Hours (2015); Hard Drivin' Blues (1964); Honeydripper (2015); Is it True 'Bout the Man Roosevelt? (2020); Memphis Blues (1974); Memphis Slim Presents Roosevelt "The Honeydripper" Sykes (2014); Music Is My Business (1996); Night Time Is the Right Time (2019); Raining in My Heart (2000); Roosevelt Sykes "Live" At Webster College 1974 (2014); Roosevelt Sykes Selected Favorites (2006); Roosevelt Sykes Sings the Blues (2006); Roosevelt Sykes the Honey Dripper, Vol. 1: 1934-1942 (Blues Collection Historic Recordings) (1999); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 10 (1951-1957) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 3 (1931-1933) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 4 (1934-1936) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 5 (1937-1939) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 7 (1941-1944) (2005); Roosevelt Sykes Vol. 9 (1947-1951) (2005); Sings the Blues (1998); Slave for Your Love (2021); The Honey Dripper's Ball (1970); The Honeydripper (1962); The Honeydripper's Duke's Mixture (1971); The Original Honeydripper (2013); The Return of Roosevelt Sykes (1960); The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Vol 15) (2010); Wild Side (2020).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Bandstand (1966); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); David Makes Man (2019); Denise Calls Up (1995); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Good Hair (2009); Last Flag Flying (2017); Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (2000); Mafia III (2016); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Mississippi Grind (2015); Mr. Mercedes (2017); Nothing But the Blues (1966); Outcast (2016); Pretend It's a City (2021); Shindig! (1965); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969 - Volume 3 (2004); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Deuce (2018).

Born on this day – Theresa Harris:

Theresa Harris

Actress

Singer

Dancer

December 31, 1906 – October 8, 1985

Credits:

These Amazing Shadows (2011); The Gift of Love (1958); How to Marry a Millionaire (1957); Spoilers of the Forest (1957); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Back from Eternity (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); The Amos 'n Andy Show (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1954); The French Line (1953); Here Come the Girls (1953); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953); Small Town Girl (1953); Angel Face (1952); The Company She Keeps (1951); Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951); Grounds for Marriage (1951); And Baby Makes Three (1949); Tension (1949); The File on Thelma Jordon (1949); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); Neptune's Daughter (1949); Alias Nick Beal (1949); The Velvet Touch (1948); The Big Clock (1948); The Lady from Shanghai (1947); Out of the Past (1947); Merton of the Movies (1947); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Hit Parade of 1947 (1947); Swingtime Jamboree (1946); Three Little Girls in Blue (1946); Smooth as Silk (1946); Miss Susie Slagle's (1946); The Dolly Sisters (1945); Men in Her Diary (1945); Strange Illusion (1945); What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943); I Walked with a Zombie (1943); Cat People (1942); Tough As They Come (1942); Sing Your Worries Away (1942); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); Our Wife (1941); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); The Flame of New Orleans (1941); Sis Hopkins (1941); Love Thy Neighbor (1940); Santa Fe Trail (1940); Buck Benny Rides Again (1940); City of Chance (1940); RCA Television Exhibit at New York Worlds Fair (1939); One Hour to Live (1939); The Women (1939); Tell No Tales (1939); Passport Husband (1938); The Toy Wife (1938); Jezebel (1938); Big Town Girl (1937); Gangsters on the Loose (1937); The Lady Escapes (1937); Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937); Banjo on My Knee (1936); 15 Maiden Lane (1936); The Green Pastures (1936); Strike Me Pink (1936); In Person (1935); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); Desirable (1934); Black Moon (1934); Operator 13 (1934); A Duke for a Day (1934); Drums o' Voodoo (1934); Finishing School (1934); Sleepers East (1934); A Modern Hero (1934); Success at Any Price (1934); Flying Down to Rio (1933); Roman Scandals (1933); The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933); Blood Money (1933); Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933); Penthouse (1933); Morning Glory (1933); Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933); Baby Face (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); Private Detective 62 (1933); Professional Sweetheart (1933); Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); 42nd Street (1933); Grand Slam (1933); The Half-Naked Truth (1932); The Sport Parade (1932); Night After Night (1932); Faithless (1932); Free Wheeling (1932); Horse Feathers (1932); Week Ends Only (1932); Merrily We Go to Hell (1932); Union Depot (1932); Arrowsmith (1931); The Road to Reno (1931); Morocco (1930); The Lady Fare (1929); Thunderbolt (1929).

Born on this day – Carol Reed:

Carol Reed

Director

Producer

December 30, 1906 – April 25, 1976

Born on this day – James Hadley Chase:

James Hadley Chase

Writer

December 24, 1906 – February 6, 1985

Credits:

A Can of Worms (1979); A Coffin from Hong Kong (1962); A Lotus for Miss Quon (1961); An Ace Up My Sleeve (1971); An Ear to the Ground (1968); Believe This, You'll Believe Anything (1975); Believed Violent (1968); Blonde's Requiem (1946); But a Short Time to Live (1951); Cade (1966); Come Easy, Go Easy (1960); Come Easy, Go Easy / Cade / My Laugh Comes Last (1993); Consider Yourself Dead (1978); Do Me a Favour, Drop Dead (1976); Double Shuffle / Shock Treatment / Tell it to the Birds (1974); Eve (1945); Figure It Out for Yourself (1950); Get a Load of This (1941); Goldfish Have No Hiding Place (1974); Hand Me a Fig Leaf (1981); Have a Change of Scene (1973); Have a Nice Night (1982); Have This One On Me (1967); He Won't Need It Now (1939); Hit and Run (1958); Hit Them Where It Hurts (1985); I Hold the Four Aces (1977); I Would Rather Stay Poor (1962); I'll Bury My Dead (1953); I'll Get You for This (1946); In a Vain Shadow (1951); Just a Matter of Time (1972); Just Another Sucker (1961); Just the Way It Is (1944); Knock, Knock! Who's There? (1973); Lady, Here's Your Wreath (1940); Last Page (1946); Lay Her Among the Lilies (1950); Like a Hole in the Head (1970); Make the Corpse Walk (1946); Mallory (1950); Meet Mark Girland (1977); Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief (1941); Miss Shumway Waves a Wand (1944); Mission to Siena (1955); Mission to Venice (1954); More Deadly Than the Male (1946); My Laugh Comes Last (1977); Never Trust a Woman (1957); No Business of Mine (1947); No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1939); Not My Thing (1983); Not Safe to Be Free (1958); One Bright Summer Morning (1963); Ruthless (1955); Safer Dead (1954); Shock Treatment (1959); Slipstream (1946); So Soon To Die (1975); So What Happens to Me? (1974); Strictly for Cash (1951); Tell It to the Birds (1963); The Dead Stay Dumb (1939); The Doll's Bad News (1940); The Double Shuffle (1952); The Fast Buck (1952); The Flesh of the Orchid (1948); The Guilty Are Afraid (1957); The Joker in the Pack (1975); The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998); The Mirror in Room 22 (1946); The Paw in the Bottle (1949); The Pickup (1955); The Soft Centre (1964); The Sucker Punch (1954); The Things Men Do (1953); The Vulture Is a Patient Bird (1969); The Wary Transgressor (1952); The Way the Cookie Crumbles (1965); The Whiff of Money (1969); The World in My Pocket (1959); There's a Hippie On the Highway (1970); There's Always a Price Tag (1956); This Is for Real (1965); This Way for a Shroud (1953); Three of Spades (1974); Tiger By the Tail (1954); Trusted Like the Fox (1948); Try This One for Size (1980); Want to Stay Alive? (1971); Well Now, My Pretty (1967); We'll Share a Double Funeral (1982); What's Better Than Money? (1960); Why Pick On Me? (1951); You Can Say That Again (1980); You Find Him, I'll Fix Him (1956); You Have Yourself a Deal (1966); You Must Be Kidding (1979); You Never Know with Women (1949); You're Dead Without Money (1972); You're Lonely When You're Dead (1949); You've Got It Coming (1955).

Movies and television:

A Kiss for a Killer (1957); Assicurazione sulla morte (1987); Bukhta smerti (1991); Ça n'arrive qu'aux vivants (1959); Cambiamento d'aria (1988); Cinépanorama (1957); Coffin from Hong Kong (1964); Crime and Passion (1975); Crime on a Summer Morning (1965); Dans la gueule du loup (1961); Dead End (1965); Délit de fuite (1959); Die Katze im Sack (1965); Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Pas d'orchidées pour Miss Blandisch (1978); Eva (1962 / 2018); Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma (1986–1989); Have a Nice Night (1990); Highway Pick-Up (1963); Kazino (1992); La petite vertu (1968); L'avvoltoio sa attendere (1991); Le démoniaque (1968); Le denier du colt (1990); Les canailles (1960); Lotosblüten für Miss Quon (1967); Lucky Nick Cain (1951); Mais qui arrêtera la pluie? (1990); Man Bait (1952); Mark of the Tortoise (1964); Miraza (1983); Miss Shumway Goes West (1963); Mission to Venice (1964); No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948); On svoyo poluchit (1992); Palmetto (1998); Pas folle la guêpe (1972); Patto con la morte (1982); Playhouse 90 (1959); Pracka v láhvi (1978); Présumé dangereux (1990); Requiem per voce e pianoforte (1993); Retour de manivelle (1957); Rigged (1986); Rough Magic (1995); Snayper (1992); Spider's Web (1963); Studio One (1958); The Blonde from Peking (1967); The Catamount Killing (1974); The Flesh of the Orchid (1975); The Grissom Gang (1971); The Man in the Raincoat (1957); The Night of the Generals (1967); The Set Up (1995); The World in My Pocket (1961); Trop petit mon ami (1970); Try This One for Size (1989); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1960); Young Girls Beware (1957); Zlaté rybicky (1979).

Born on this day – Franz Waxman:

Franz Waxman

Composer

Actor

December 24, 1906 – February 24, 1967

Born on this day – Joseph “Joe” MacDonald:

Joseph “Joe” MacDonald

Cinematographer

Actor

December 15, 1906 – May 26, 1968

Credits:

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); 6-18-67 (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Hatful of Rain (1957); Adorable (1933); All Men Are Enemies (1934); Alvarez Kelly (1966); Arizona (1940); As Young as You Feel (1951); Behind Green Lights (1946); Bigger Than Life (1956); Blindfold (1966); Broken Lance (1954); Call Northside 777 (1948); Captain Eddie (1945); Charlie Chan in Rio (1941); Dante's Inferno (1935); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); Five Fingers (1959–1960); Flight from Ashiya (1964); Fourteen Hours (1951); Hat Check Girl (1932); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); Hell and High Water (1954); Hilda Crane (1956); House of Bamboo (1955); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Kings of the Sun (1963); Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942); Mackenna's Gold (1969); Mirage (1965); Moss Rose (1947); My Darling Clementine (1946); Niagara (1953); O. Henry's Full House (1952); On the Threshold of Space (1956); Panic in the Streets (1950); Pepe (1960); Pickup on South Street (1953); Pinky (1949); Professional Soldier (1935); Quiet Please: Murder (1942); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932); Rio Conchos (1964); Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944); Romance of the Rio Grande (1940); Rosa de Francia (1935); Sailor's Luck (1933); Second Hand Wife (1933); She Was a Lady (1934); Shock (1946); Sob Sister (1931); Stella (1950); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); Taras Bulba (1962); Te quiero con locura (1935); Teenage Rebel (1956); Ten North Frederick (1958); That Other Woman (1942); The Big Noise (1944); The Big Stampede (1932); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Dark Corner (1946); The Devil's in Love (1933); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); The Gallant Hours (1960); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942); The New Venezuela (1954); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); The Racers (1955); The Reward (1965); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); The Street with No Name (1948); The True Story of Jesse James (1957); The View from Pompey's Head (1955); The Young Lions (1958); Thin Ice (1937); Titanic (1953); Too Busy to Work (1932); Viva Zapata! (1952); Walk on the Wild Side (1962); Warlock (1959); Western Union (1941); What Price Glory (1952); Where Love Has Gone (1964); White Witch Doctor (1953); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Wintertime (1943); Woman's World (1954); Yellow Sky (1948); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

Born on this day – John Dickson Carr:

John Dickson Carr

Writer

November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977

Credits:

Books:

A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Very Murderous Christmas (2018); Below Suspicion (1949); Bodies from the Library 3 (2020); Bodies from the Library 5 (2022); Captain Cut-Throat (1955); Castle Skull (1931); Christmas Crimes (1996); Crime on the Coast / No Flowers by Request (1987); Crimes of Cymru (2023); Daring Detectives (1969); Dark of the Moon (1967); Deadly Arts (1985); Deadly Hall (1971); Dear Dead Days (1972); Death-Watch (1935); Dying of Fright (1976); English Country House Murders (1988); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1938); Fire, Burn! (1957); Ghosts and Scholars (1987); Ghosts from the Library (2022); Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (2022); Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Hag's Nook (1932); Handle with Care (1985); He Who Whispers (1946); In Spite of Thunder (1960); It Walks By Night (1930); Manhattan Mysteries (1987); Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (1985); Metropolitan Mysteries (2024); More Exploits Of Sherlock Holmes (1954); Most Secret (1964); Murder by the Seaside (2022); Murder In Midsummer (2019); Murder On Christmas Eve (2017); Murder Takes a Holiday (2020); Murderous Schemes (1996); Nine Detective Stories (1964); Panic in Box C (1966); Papa La-Bas (1968); Patrick Butler for the Defense (1956); Poison in Jest (1932); Realms of Darkness (1985); Sleeping Sphinx / Beagle Scented Murder / Death of a Doll (1948); The Arabian Nights Murder (1936); The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (1982); The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked Room Mysteries (2014); The Blind Barber (1934); The Bride of Newgate (1950); The Burning Court (1937); The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941); The Corpse in the Waxworks / aka The Waxworks Murder (1932); The Crooked Hinge (1938); The Dead Man's Knock (1958); The Demoniacs (1962); The Devil in Velvet (1951); The Eight of Swords (1934); The Emperor's Snuff-Box (1942); The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954); The Four False Weapons (1937); The Ghosts' High Noon (1969); The Hollow Man / aka The Three Coffins (1935); The House at Satan's Elbow (1965); The Hungry Goblin (1972); The Island of Coffins (2021); The John Dickson Carr Omnibus (2000); The Kindling Spark (2022); The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1949); The Locked Room Reader (1968); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); The Lost Gallows (1931); The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933); The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (1993); The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940); The Men Who Explained Miracles (1964); The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey (1936); The Nine Wrong Answers (1952); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); The Problem of the Green Capsule (1939); The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939); The Scandal at High Chimneys (1959); The Seat of the Scornful / aka Death Turns the Tables (1942); The Sleeping Sphinx (1947); The Twelve Crimes of Christmas (1981); The Witch of Low Tide (1961); Third Bullet and Other Stories (1954); 13 to the Gallows (2008); Till Death Do Us Part (1944); Till Death Do Us Part / Intrigue for Empire / Give 'Em the Axe (1944); To Wake the Dead (1938); Vintage Crime (2020); Who Killed Father Christmas? (2023).

Movies and television:

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956); City After Midnight (1957); Climax! (1958); Colonel March Investigates (1953); Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956); Danger (1951); Dangerous Crossing (1953); Detective (1964–1969); Devcátko s petrklíci (1967); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Encounter (1956); Guilty Party (1957); La dama dei veleni (1979); L'occhio di Giuda (1982); Los suicidios constantes (1961); Mado no naka no satsujin (1983); Morte a passo di valzer (1979); Retro Static Radio / Podcast Series (2020); Storyboard (1961); Studio One (1952); Suspense (1949–1953); The Burning Court (1962); The Man in Black (1950); The Man with a Cloak (1951); The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1960); The Unforeseen (1959); Tre colpi di fucile (1982); Treacherous Crossing (1992).

Born on this day – Rhodie Cogan:

Rhodie Cogan

Actress

November 26, 1906 – April 24, 2000

Credits:

Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Days of Our Lives (1974); Gunsmoke (1974); Stand by Your Man (1981); Star Trek (1967); The Andromeda Strain (1971); The Vendors (1970); Watermelon Man (1970); Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973).

Born on this day – Mary Ellen Bute:

Ted Nemeth (left) and Mary Ellen Bute (right), photographed in their New York studio (circa 1936).

Mary Ellen Bute

Animator

Producer

Director

November 21, 1906 – October 17, 1983

Credits:

Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1966); RCA: New Sensations in Sound (1959); Imaginations (1958); Mood Contrasts (1953); Abstronic (1952); Pastoral (1950); Color Rhapsodie (1948); Polka Graph (1947); Tarantella (1940); Spook Sport (1940); Parábola (1937); Escape (1937); Dada (1936); Synchromy No. 2 (1936); Rhythm in Light (1935); Synchromy No. 1 (1934).

Born on this day – Betty Bronson:

Betty Bronson

Actress

November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971

Credits:

A Kiss for Cinderella (1925); A Modern Sappho (1929); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); American Masters (2008); Anna Ascends (1922); Are Parents People? (1925); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Blackbeard's Ghost (1968); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Brass Knuckles (1927); Companionate Marriage (1928); Compression (2023–2024); Dr. Kildare (1962); Evel Knievel (1971); Everybody's Acting (1926); Grindl (1964); His Children's Children (1923); Java Head (1923); Lover Come Back (1931); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); My Three Sons (1960–1963); Not So Long Ago (1925); One Stolen Night (1929); Open Range (1927); Paradise (1926); Paradise for Two (1927); Peter Pan (1924); Pocketful of Miracles (1961); Ritzy (1927); Run for Your Life (1965); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (1937); Shannon (1962); Sonny Boy (1929); The Bellamy Trial (1929); The Cat's Pajamas (1926); The Eternal City (1923); The Go-Getter (1923); The Golden Princess (1925); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Human Mill (1923); The Locked Door (1929); The Medicine Man (1930); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Midnight Patrol (1932); The Naked Kiss (1964); The Singing Fool (1928); The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1971); Twenty-One (1923); Who's Got the Action? (1962); Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937).

Born on this day – Henri Charrière:

Henri Charrière

Writer

Actor

November 16, 1906 – July 29, 1973

Credits:

Books:

Papillon (1969); Banco (1973).

Recommended reading:

Papillon

By Henri Charriere.

ASIN: B01N8YET21

Published by William Morrow.

First published 1969.

Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken. Charrière's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then, it has become a treasured classic -- the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who would not be defeated.

Banco:

The Further Adventures of Papillon

By Henri Charrière.

Published by Granada Publishing Limited.

First published 1972.

ISBN 13: 9780586040102

ISBN 10: 0586040102

ASIN: 0586040102

The sensational sequel to Papillon. Banco continues the adventures of Henri Charriere – nicknamed Papillon – in Venezuela, where he has finally won his freedom after thirteen years of escape and imprisonment. Despite his resolve to become an honest man, Charriere is soon involved in hair-raiding exploits with goldminers, gamblers, bank-robbers and revolutionaries – robbing and being robbed, his lust for life as strong as ever. He also runs night clubs in Caracas until an earthquake ruins him in 1967 – when he decides to write the book that brings his international fame.

Movies:

Papillon (2017); Papillon (1973); Popsy Pop (1971).

Born on this day – Louise Brooks:

Louise Brooks

Actress

Dancer

Writer

Painter

November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985

Credits:

A Girl in Every Port (1928); A Social Celebrity (1926); Beggars of Life (1928); Diary of a Lost Girl (1929); Empty Saddles (1936); Evening Clothes (1927); God's Gift to Women (1931); It Pays to Advertise (1931); It's the Old Army Game (1926); Just Another Blonde (1926); King of Gamblers (1937); Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926); Now We're in the Air (1927); Overland Stage Raiders (1938); Pandora's Box (1929); Prix de beauté (Miss Europe) (1930); Rolled Stockings (1927); The American Venus (1926); The Canary Murder Case (1929); The City Gone Wild (1927); The Show-Off (1926); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); When You're in Love (1937); Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931).

Born on this day – Hermione Baddeley:

Hermione Baddeley

Actress

November 13, 1906 – August 19, 1986

Born on this day – Sidney Kingsley:

Sidney Kingsley

Writer

October 22, 1906 – March 20, 1995

Credits:

Written work / plays:

Darkness at Noon (stage & TV adaptation) (1951); Dead End (1935); Detective Story (1949); Lunatics and Lovers (1954); Men in White (1933); Night Life (1962); Ten Million Ghosts (1936); The Patriots (1943); The World We Make (1939).

Movies and television:

Alta comedia (1974); American Masters (1989); Au théâtre ce soir (1972); Dead End (1937); Detective Story (1951 / 1963); Estudio 1 (1971–1978); Great Performances (1976); Homecoming (1948); ITV Play of the Week (1963); Men in White (1934); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Polizeirevier 21 (1968); Primera fila (1964); Producers' Showcase (1955); Serpico (1973); Sonnenfinsternis (1963); Teatro estudio (1978); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951); The Patriots (1963); We, the People (1949–1951); World in White (1957).

Born on this day – Johnny Temple:

Johnny Temple

Blues singer

Guitarist

October 18, 1906 – November 22, 1968

Credits:

Albums:

Johnnie Temple 1935-1940: From Mississippi to Chicago (The Blues) (1997); Johnnie Temple Vol. 2 1938-1940 (2005); Johnnie Temple Vol. 3 1940-1949 (2005); Johnny Temple's Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out (2006); Lead Pencil Blues (2015); Presenting Johnnie Temple (1935); Vol. 1 1935-1938 (2005).

Songs:

Beale Street Sheik; Between Midnight and Dawn; Big Boat Whistle; Big Leg Woman; Big Woman Blues; County Jail Blues; East Saint Louis Blues; Every Dog Must Have His Day; Fare You Well; Gimme Some of That Yum Yum Yum; Gonna Ride 74; Hoodoo Women; I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again; Jacksonville Blues; Lead Pencil Blues; Louise Louise Blues; Mama's Bad Luck Child; Mean Baby Blues; New Louise Louise Blues; New Vicksburg Blues; Olds "98" Blues; Peeping Through The Keyhole; Pimple Blues; Rhythm Mama; Snapping Cat; So Lonely And Blue; Something in the Moon That Gives Me a Thrill; Stavin' Chain; The Evil Devil Blues; What Is It That Smells Like Gravy?; Yum, Yum, Yum.

Born on this day – Victoria Spivey:

Victoria Spivey

Blues singer

Songwriter

October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976

Born on this day – Katherine Emery:

Katherine Emery

Actress

October 11, 1906 – February 7, 1980

Credits:

3-D Rarities (2015); Arch of Triumph (1948); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Eyes in the Night (1942); Hiawatha (1952); Isle of the Dead (1945); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Payment on Demand (1951); Strange Bargain (1949); The Locket (1946); The Maze (1953); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); Untamed Frontier (1952).

Born on this day – Janet Gaynor:

Janet Gaynor

Actress

October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984